Ball bearing



Dec. 3, 1929. C. w. DAKE 1,738,359

BALL BEAR I NG Filed Dec. 6, 1 926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 d JJ/ L ZZZQI INVENTOR j/ dggj Mia/k Dec. 3, 1929. c, w K 1,738,359

BALL BEAR I NG Filed Dec. 6, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Dec 3, 192.9

CHARLES W. DARE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNGR TO Tli-I-CE PEER-NATIONAL COHE- IPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A. CORPURATIUN 01? NEW JERSEY BALL BEARING Application filed December 6, 1926.

My invention relates to improvements in ball bearings and has for one object to provide a new and improved spacer mechanism wherei gripping elf the balls or other inr accuracies will have a minimum of e'llect on the life of the bearings and wherein there will be no n' 'edgin to co interposed between the ball and the spacer. Other objects will appear from time to time throughout the specification and claims.

My invention is ilustrated more or less diagrammatical y in the accompanyin drawings, whercin-- Figure l is a section in part elevation through a ball bearing in plane perpendicular to the shaft;

Figure 2 is a section along line 2-2 oi Figure l with the ball in elevation;

Figure 3 is a section along the line ct Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a section along the line 4-4 of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a side elevation ot the spacer ring;

Figure 6 is an edge elevation; Figure '7 is a perspective ot the ring cover; Figure 8 is a side elevation of the modified form of spacer ring. Like parts are indicated by like characters 0 throughout.

A is the interior and A the exterior ball race. A is the bearing balls adapted to travel between saidraces and to support the load.

B is the spacer ring comprising an integral annular member ado ited to be located at one ot the space between the ball races; projecting across tl'zis space in a direction parallel. with the axis of rotation are a series or spacer blocks B l there being a block between each adjacent pair of balls. Projecting in opposite directions tom the central portion of each block are the ball engaging wedges B 5 integral with the blocks B and adapted to conitorm to the contour of the balls, the balls being held between opposed pairs of wedges and being thereby spaced about the periphery of the bearing. B is the cover ring engaging the free ends of the spacer blocks B in opposition to the ring B.

Serial No. 152,740.

B B are rivets extending througl'i the s1 acer blocks A and upset at either end in engage ment with the ring. and B to hold the parts together to form rigid iiired spacing unit.

lit will be noted that the ball races are grooved as indicated and in order to assemblc them, it is necessary to permit all the balls to come together at one side when owing to the fact that on the opposed side, the races may approach more closely than the diameter of the hell, it is possible to assemble the balls with the races. After the balls are all in tl y can be spacedand then the tiller blocks and ring inserted as a unit and. the cover ring attached. It will be noted that this provides a separate bonlilre compartment tor each ball. the balls may or may not be in contact with the parallel sided walls of the compartniont termed by the rings ll, B lit makes no diii erence because the spacing eitect is produced by the engagement between the balls and the curved spacing wedging' space and any movement or gripping ot the ball will not in any way affect the relation between these two parallel walls and the ball thus tnnot act as a wedging element to wreck the spacer.

In the modified torni shown in Figure 8, the only difference is that the spacing blocks do not extend up quite so high and that the Wedges take the form of curved arms. This is a lighter though of course weaker con struction whose effect on the balls themselves is exactly the same as the eillect oi the preferred structure.

It is obvious that while the drawings show all the blocks integral with one of the rings, only, the same result would be obtained it some blocks were integral with one and some with the other as long as the two rings were held together with the blocks between them.

Another important feature is that when the balls are out of line as they always are with an assembled ball gage instead of getting a true rolling bearing action, a spinning or gyrating action is set up which causes intense vibration at the very high speeds at which these generators operate and frequently destroys the machine.

I claim:

1. In a ball bearing, a spacer com;

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prising a side ring, spacer blocks integral therewith and projecting inwardly therefrom betweenadjacent balls, a cover ring adapted to be held upon said blocks in opposition to 5 the first mentioned ring and an integral bearing rib projecting from each block toward the opposed ball.

2. In a ball bearing, a spacer cage comprising a side ring, spacer blocks integral v therewith and projecting inwardly therefrom between adjacent balls, a cover ring adapted to be held upon said blocks in opposition to the first mentioned ring and an integral bearing rib projecting from each block toward the opposed ball, said rib having a curved surface to conform to the contour of the ball.

- 3. In a ball bearing, a spacer cage comprising a side ring, spacer blocks integral there with and projecting inwardly therefrom between adjacent balls, acover ring adapted to v be held upon said blocks in opposition to the first mentioned ring and an integral bearing 7 rib projecting from each block toward the opposed ball, said rib being appreciably less in Width than the diameter of the ball.

' 4. In a ball bearing inner and outer ball races, bearing balls traveling between them, a spacer ring, a plurality of spacer blocks in Qtegral with the ring and projecting laterally from the ring between adjacent pairs 0% balls,

integral ball engaging Wedge abutments projeoltiing from each block toward two -opposed Signed at Chicago, county of Cook and State of Illinois, this third day of December,

" CHARLES W. DAKE. 

